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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- Abraham Hess
- Locations
- New Orleans, LA Baton Rouge, LA Donaldsonville, LA
- Researcher
- Deborah Friedman
- Researcher's E-mail
- dsfaec AT gmail.com
- Researcher Location
- California
- Comments
- The following enslaved persons are noted: 1. Betsy b. 1828 Purchased by Abraham Hess November 1846, for $750 in New Orleans, James Noe was the seller 2. Mary, purchased by Abraham Hess at the age of 3, 3. Arthur, purchased by Abraham Hess at the age of 7 months 4. Peggy, b. 1839, purchased in December , 1847, for $300 from Abraham Beer, and then sold to Garland Pendleton Ware for $390 on Nov 13, 1850, she was orphaned. 5. Malvina b. abt 1846, Sold by Abraham Hess Jan 15, 1851 for $300 to Frederick Martelle of FAyette County, TX, he gives her as a gift to his sister in law Ludovica Martel on 2/5/1851. L. Hess was the agent. 6. Catharine b. 1829, sold to John J. Poindexter on June 11, 1851 for $550
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